| 单词 | sleeper |
| 释义 | sleeper (once / 1044 pages) n A sleeper is something that succeeds when no one thought it would. That low-tech movie about shark attacks that you shot on vacation and edited in your basement? It could be a sleeper if you market it in the right way. You probably know that sleeper can be used in an obvious sense to refer to someone who is asleep. But you also may hear the word used to describe something that becomes an unexpected success, like "a sleeper of a film" featuring unknown actors that ends up becoming the big summer hit. This sense of the word may have originated in the world of gambling in the nineteenth century. When a card player unexpectedly drew a winning card, the card was called "a sleeper." WORD FAMILYsleeper: sleepers+/oversleep: oversleeping, oversleeps, overslept/sleep: oversleep, sleeper, sleeping, sleepless, sleeps, sleepy, slept/sleepiness: sleepinesses/sleeping: sleepingly, sleepings, unsleeping/sleepless: sleeplessly, sleeplessness/sleepy: sleepier, sleepiest, sleepily, sleepiness/unsleeping: unsleepingly USAGE EXAMPLESHonorable mention: Murray’s Cheese Bar was a sleeper hit hidden in plain sight. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Faced with consistent IS bombing and shootings in recaptured areas, the military fears sympathizers and sleeper cells among the population. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) “The roast chicken is kind of a sleeper,” he finally said. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a rester who is sleeping Syn|Hypo|Hyper slumberer dreamer someone who is dreaming Rip van Winklea person who sleeps a lot sleeping beautya person who is sleeping soundly noctambulist, sleepwalker, somnambulistsomeone who walks about in their sleep snorersomeone who snores while sleeping somniloquistsomeone who talks while asleep rester a person who rests 2n a passenger car that has berths for sleeping Syn|Hyper sleeping car, wagon-lit carriage, coach, passenger car a railcar where passengers ride 3n a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed Hyper article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy 4n pajamas with feet; worn by children Hyper jammies, pajama, pj's, pyjama (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers 5n an unexpected achiever of success the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it Hyper achiever, succeeder, success, winner a person with a record of successes 6n an unexpected hit that movie was the sleeper of the summer Hyper bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike a conspicuous success 7n a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal Hyper diversionist, saboteur, wrecker someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks spy, undercover agent(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors terrorista radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities 8n one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track Syn|Hyper crosstie, railroad tie, tie brace, bracing a structural member used to stiffen a framework 9n tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water Syn|Hyper sleeper goby percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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